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Colorado Rapids forward Kei Kamara joins us today to discuss an illustrious career that took him from a war torn Sierra Leone to become one of the most gifted strikers in MLS. Kei is a huge personality and is not afraid to express himself, whether it's twerking after a goal or calling out the injustice of getting fined for sock choice.  Sponsors: On The Volley Apparel: Get all your Cooligans merch...

The USWNT took a major hit to their hopes for equal pay in their lawsuit against U.S Soccer. Meg Linehan of The Athletic has been covering this case since day one and she joins us today to let us know what's next for the World Cup champions.  Sponsors: On The Volley Apparel: Get all your Cooligans merch at onthevolleyapparel.com/cooligans Gully Squad: If you'd like to support the show, you can do...

Man like Vuj finally joined us on the show! David Vujanic of the immensely popular Poet & Vuj YouTube channel came by to have a nice with The Cooligans. We talk about why he left Copa90, spirituality, and lockdown wet dreams. This episode has it all. Sponsors: On The Volley Apparel: Get all your Cooligans merch at onthevolleyapparel.com/cooligans Gully Squad: If you'd like to support the show,...

It's The Cooligans birthdays and we have big news right up top so hit play and start listening! We're also joined by Jeff Attinella, Goalkeeper for the Portland Timbers! We talk soccer and football with the massive Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan! Needless to say, he is stoked about Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski joining the team.  News Recap: Premier League players break lockdown rules + Germany is bringi...

Tyler Miller was unfortunately on the negative end of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's miraculous debut goal in MLS, but he used that experience to grow as a goalkeeper. Tyler's now at Minnesota United and is dealing with the quarantine by training at home, and playing in eMLS tournaments, and kicking it with The Cooligans. Sponsors: On The Volley Apparel: Get all your Cooligans merch at onthevolleyapparel.co...

Former Colombian International Chelsea Cabarcas calls in from Colombia to let us know how her extended pre-season with Junior De Barranquilla Femenino. Coronavirus has stopped soccer all over the world, but women's soccer might have a much longer lasting impact. We talk to to Chelsea about her future as a professional player, modeling, and working with La Liga.  Sponsors: On The Volley Apparel: Ge...

Today we are joined by the host of the hit Youtube series Derby Days, Eli Mengem of Copa90. Eli is an incredible documentarian and captures footballing rivalries better than anyone else. After you are done listening to this, go spend some time watching Derby Days and you will not be disappointed. We discuss a wide range of subjects, like how he got started, when football will return to Europe, and...

Today we are joined by Head Coach of the Philadelphia Union, Jim Curtin! We get some Chicago Fire Bob Bradley stories, how he's coaching his players during the quarantine, and discover that Jim is quite the sneakerhead. #DOOP Sponsors: On The Volley Apparel: Get all your Cooligans merch at onthevolleyapparel.com/cooligans Gully Squad: If you'd like to support the show, you can do that by joining G...

It finally happened! Ali Krieger & Ashlyn Harris of the USWNT and the Orlando Pride of NWSL joined us on the show! We do a quarantine catch up with the World Cup Champions and find out how they are coping during this time. We also reflect on their wedding, being famous, coming out as a couple, and becoming advocates for the LGBTQ community.  Sponsored by: Gully Squad: If you'd like to support...

We got an extra episode for you this week to help with your self-isolation! Today we're joined by New England Revolution & USMNT Goalkeeper, Matt Turner. Matt is the pride of North Jersey and talks to us about being a late bloomer in soccer and pushing himself to make it to the Men's National Team. Follow Matt at instagram.com/headdturnerr Sponsored by: Gully Squad: If you'd like to support th...

It's finally happened. Dax McCarty joined us on our podcast to discuss the infamous Fruit Bowl. If you are new to this show, and don't know what we are talking about, watch this first. https://youtu.be/wm-v8NaMrbc This is our Citizen Kane. Our opus. Everything this show was built on. Please enjoy our interview with Dax McCarty. Sponsored by: Gully Squad: If you'd like to support the show, you can...

Week three of the quarantine and we are still checking in on soccer players to see how they're handling all of this. Today we talk to Mr. #SlowFeetDontEat himself, Fafa Picault of FC Dallas. Only a forced quarantine can slow this man down. Fafa recently moved from Philly to Frisco and we talk about how he's adapting to his new club, and we talk about why he speaks seven languages! Sponsored By: #G...

MLS is on a break so that means a lot of players are available to do our show. They are stuck at home like everyone else, so this is the perfect time to invite them on our show! Today we are joined by Sporting Kansas City winger, Daniel Salloi!  Daniel was recently going to participate in a live version of The Bachelor in Kansas City and it got postponed because of the quarantine. Sponsored by: Gu...

The world is in disarray right now and soccer podcasts are probably not at the top of anyone's list of priorities (if they are, then shouts to you), but the show must go on. We are self-isolating but we are still pod-casting! Soccer is currently suspended but there's not a shortage of things to discuss. On today's show we spend time discussing the seriousness of the coronavirus and we spend a long...

Costa Rican International and MLS veteran Rodney Wallace joins us today to talk about his MLS Cup winning season with the Portland Timbers, and we talk about what it's like playing for Costa Rica after being raised in the USA. We also do a deep-dive on the Ronaldinho arrest in Paraguay, and we try to figure if Floyd Mayweather will actually buy a Premier League club. Segment 1: US Soccer vs USWNT...

We went to the MLS 25th Anniversary Celebration last week and spoke to everyone on the red carpet. Today's show includes our interview with Inter Miami owners David Beckham and Jorge Mas. Finally, The Cooligans and David Beckham collab you've all been waiting for. Plus we talk to USMNT Coach Gregg Berhalter, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Nashville SC President Ian Ayre, USMNT Legend Marcelo Balboa,...

We discuss why Gio Reyna will never play for England, Jermaine Jones latest drama, our trip to Costa Rica for the CONCACAF Champions League and much much more. We also cover all of the illegal Uber's we took out there. our guests this episode are Total Soccer Show's Taylor Rockwell and Daryl Grove. We talk about hoe Total Soccer Show got started and what their plans are for the future. Today's Spo...

Lots of drama on today's show! We talk about Manchester City getting kicked out of Champions League and we talk about Ron Jans gettting kicked out of Cincinnati for not being too careful with what words he can and can't rap along to. We're joined by two amazing guests this week. Luke Moore of The Football Ramble Daily calls in to talk Manchester City, and we talk to DC United beat-reporter and Uni...

We talk to John Strong, lead play-by-play announcer for soccer AND THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW on Fox Sports! We talk about the MLS x Adidas #FORWARD25 fashion event staring Ninja the eGamer and many more celebrities We interview Murs, the LA rapper about his love of the LA Galaxy We talk  NYCFC stadium update and a special unboxing care of our WAGS (it's super cute) Today's Sponsors: OTVA: Get offic...

The MLS off-season is always wild and so are our podcasts during the offseason. We start with another interview from the United Soccer Coaches convention. We talk to David Copeland-Smith of Beast Mode Soccer. He's a trainer who has trained nearly every elite player you've heard of. We then talk to Paul Tenorio of The Athletic to talk some MLS CBA and get some other league updates.  And finally we...

Difficult to do a comedy show without talking about what is on everyone's mind. We start the show by discussing the tragic helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and several others. We talk about what his mark on soccer was and how he was a huge supporter of the USWNT. We also have some fantastic interviews we recorded at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore. We are j...

Recorded on site at the 2020 United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore, Alexis and Christian sit down to record part one of yet another epic crossover with Daryl and Taylor of Total Soccer Show! Episode Notes As is tradition, whenever TSS and Cooligans are in the same city, we have to record a crossover pod. This time it's in the Baltimore Convention Center for the United Soccer Coaches Conven...

Today we are joined by GM of Sky Blue FC Alyse LaHue. The NWSL just happened last week, and Sky Blue came out as the team everyone was talking about after picking up some incredible talent, one of them being USWNT star Mallory Pugh. Alyse is the first general manager we are speaking with and we ask her an exorbitant amount of questions! Segment 1: El Chicharito & El Gresselito!! Segment 2: (00...

Today we are joined by two guests! We take some time to talk to David Delooper who is currently on quest to go to every NBA arena and getting on every Jumbotron in every venue. It's called 30 for 30 for 30. David is also a big soccer fan and we talk to him if he could do something like this in MLS. We also talk to midfielder Uri Rosell of Orlando City SC! We talk to the Catalonian about the curren...

Our first new episode of 2020 and it's a hoot! We are joined by soccer freestyler and astrophysicist DJ Diveny. Soccer and science in one show! You love to hear it! We also discuss World Cups and World Wars, and how Trump is managing to be involved in both. Today's show is sponsored by fuboTV. Get $30 off of fuboTV by going to fubotv.com/cooligans. You can try it for free for 7 days! Learn more ab...